Lava spraying from the Philippines’ most active volcano has flowed almost two miles from the crater in an increasingly dangerous eruption. Lava spraying from the Philippines’ most active volcano has flowed almost two miles from the crater in an increasingly dangerous eruption. Mount Mayon has spewed lava up to 2,000ft high and its ash plumes stretched up to three miles above the crater. “If pyroclastic flows hit people, there is no chance for life,” Mr Daep said. In 2013, an ash eruption killed five climbers who had ventured near the summit despite warnings.

Source: Irish Independent January 24, 2018 08:26 UTC